trabaja en las afuerasshe works on the outskirts of town;no trabajes tantodon't work so hard;ahora trabajo más que antesI work harder now than I used to;se mata trabajando para alimentar a su familiahe works himself to death to feed his family;llevo una semana sin trabajarI haven't done any work for a week;ese actor trabaja muy bienthat actor's very good

se está trabajando a su tía para sacarle los ahorroshe's working on his aunt in order to get hold of her savings

2[+asunto]to work on

tienes que trabajarte el ascenso un poco másyou need to work a bit harder on getting that promotion;tienes que trabajarte un poco más el alemányou've got to work on your German a bit;quien no se lo trabaja no consigue nadayou won't get anything if you don't work for it

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